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Welcome to Blueacre ...

Blueacre is located in Beaver County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blueacre, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Blueacre is 5,930 feet [1,807 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Blueacre is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Blueacre lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Blueacre, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Code for Blueacre: 435

Communities near Blueacre ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blueacre.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blueacre. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blueacre.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blueacre. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blueacre.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blueacre. See our Newspapers Page for Blueacre.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blueacre ...

Looking for more information about Blueacre? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Blueacre, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blueacre.

Adding Blueacre to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blueacre in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Blueacre was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Blueacre post office opened in 1902. The Blueacre post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blueacre.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Beaver, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blueacre - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/